It may occasionally be of English origin, but in Ireland is often a simplified form of a number of Gaelic surnames, including Mac Cathmhaoil, an Ulster family traditionally descended from Niall of the Nine Hostages. It is also known to be an anglicized form of Ó Gamhna, Ó Gamhnáin and “Mac Congamhna”. A variant Caulfeild, were an Anglo-Irish family. Notable people with this surname include:Aodh Mac Cathmhaoil, Irish Franciscan theologian and Archbishop of Armagh
Barbara A. Caulfield, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Billy Caulfield, English footballer
Getting around Caulfield the local way
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